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MACHINE FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS AND SEEDS.

No. 78,423. Patented June 2. 1868.

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LettersPatnt No. 78,423, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS AND S B EDS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL CAIN E, of the city of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for-Sowing Plaster or. other Fertilizing-Material, and Clover or other Seed; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and had to the annexed drawings, and letters of reference, forming a part 'of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevatiombroken through.

Figure 2 is a cross-section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

My invention relates to an arrangement of parts for agitatin v g or pulverizing the plaster or other fertilizingmaterial, and mixing it evenly with the seed in a sing-l e hopper while being sown, in connection with devices for heaping the apertures of discharge free from all obstructions; and to bettcrenable others skilled in this branch cifa feed-roller, R, to be presently described.

.as seen at 6, but so as to permit free longitudinal motion 1) of mechanism to construct my invention, I will proceed to d raking in the seed. I

A represents a long hopper, of ordinary construction, of sloping side-board s, a, nailed to the ends, but without a bottom, and furnished at each end with a square cyc, projccting belo'.v, to receive the-bearing-bcxcs escrihe it, in connection with an attachment for I usually form this eye, e, and-strengthen the hopper at the same time, by means of band-irom'continucd up screwed to the sides, and bent square, as seen by dotted lines in fig. 2, or semiei-reular,'as may be deemed best.

- I clamp the ends of the hopper by clamping-bolts, as at c, carrying a pair of tractionrwheels, W.

The mode which Iemploy'to incorporate and mix the seed and plaster, or gypsum, ashes, &c., in the hopper, and to sow the mixture fairly and equally, so that it is distributed evenly over the ground, is by the combined operation of a revolving stirrer, E, a reciprocating serrated clearer, F, and feeding-roller R.

The stirrer is substantially thejsarne as those'in general use for the purpose, being simply a wooden shaft, provided with any desired number of rows (I find two sufiicient) ofiron piris,p, and hung low down in the hopper. I usually construct the feed-roller Ref :1. piece of iron boiler-tube, and insertthe journals j in plugs in the ends, saidjournals working in half boxes, fitted in the eyes c aforesaid. This roller forms the bottom ,to the hopper, being hung so as to revolve as close as practicable, without touehing'the lower edge of the non side of the hopper, and to leave just space between, on the other side, in the direction of the rollers motion V i The feed-roller B. is driven by a spur-pinion on one of the whcel-hubs, at P, wheel, I on one end of the roller; motion being communicated to the stir siteend. I i

F, representing the. clearer, is a plate of sheet metal, serrated, as seen, on the lower the 'fecd-roller and against the feeding-side of, the hopper. heads previous to nailing; and Iusually confine it from spri to the, under side of any suitable axle-tree, D,

-fecding to permit the contents to pass between,

gearing lnto an overhangingrer-shaft by the gears G at the oppoedgeflmd resting on It works through slots. or gains cut in the hopperng'ing in the centre by one or more slots and screws,

ask and forth, which motion is effected by the c mlike'projections 0 cast on the wheel P, and by a still spring, s, on the opposite end of the hopper.

Each alternate tooth of the clearer is bent upward, as at i; and to. save friction, I usually flatten a little the points of the unbent ones traversing the feed-roller. For the purpose of raking in the seed as it is sewn, and sav or in any other suitable Way, to the top of the axle, (carrying a hopper, ing a soriesof wire rake-teeth, J, curved substantially as shown, so as to c harrowing, I hang, by eye-bolts and staples,

as described) a wooden bar, H, carryreach to the ground. This rake may operate in very frieble'ground' by its weight alone, or its force of depression may be graduated by a lever, springs, or any of the well-known devices in common use, for analogous purposes- My arrangement for mixing and sowing plaster and clover-seed may very readily be en ployed in temporaryconnection with any suitable hay-raking machine, and thus save the expense of a. complete machine for each special purpose. I v

The discharge-slit or space between the feed-roller and hopper may be g radueted all that is necessary byset-bolts, as at n.

The operation is as follows:

As the machine is drawn along on its wheels, the pinionP communie ates a revolving motion to the stirrer E and feeding-roller R, and a reciprocating rectilinear motion to the serrated clearer F, as previously described. The pins on the stirrer-shaft keep the plaster-friable and well mixed with the seed as they turn; but it is the special function of the clearer 'to keep the mixed contents loose at the delivery, and. agitate, by means of the bent teeth, any unbroken lumps, back and forth, so as to permit the pulverized plaster andseed to pass unobstructed between the straight teeth, through the narrow discharge-space between the saidfeed roller and lower edge of the hopper-side, and fall, to the ground, when it is rakedin by the rake-teeth J.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The hopper A, in combinationwith the stirrer E, elearer F, and feedihg-roller R, arrangedrel'otively with each other and with an axle, D, and wheels W, and constructed and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose as set forth.

1 DANIEL GAINE.

'Witnesses;

CHESTER OHILspn, OTTO L. Jonnson. 

